A chestnut version of her dam and foaled on Valentine's Day, this filly could only be named "Chocolate Kiss." Kiss is the third filly and the last foal out of our predominantly Coed Coch mare. Her dam had been such an outstanding mare in performance, with an unbeatable work ethic, that we retained her first filly. We wanted to insure that we did not lose these bloodlines by not retaining a filly. When Kiss was foaled and then, as she matured, it became obvious that this was the daughter who was most like her, to someday be trained to cart and continue her legacy in the show ring.

Left: Weanling photo, in 2008.
Right: Kiss as a 2 year old in 2010.

Kiss was shown minimally as a two year old. Lwcus get tend to be slow to mature, and, like her dam, Kiss failed to excite the judges, when compared with the more mature fillies in the ring. We continued to show her in her 3rd year, hoping that eventually, after she was trained in cart, she would quickly earn enough points to complete the 3rd and last "leg" for her dam's LOM. At the end of the 2011 show year, however, Kiss suddenly blossomed and filled out. She began to win her mare class regularly. At the 2011 American Nationals, she won her class again, taking her lifetime points above the required 300 to get the third leg, securing the LOM for her dam.

Kiss will continue to show in hand and will be trained to cart in 2012 or 2013. We have not decided yet if we will cover her with our new palomino stallion, *Ceulan Cappuccino, in 2013 or later.